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Globalive vs. Telus on Canadian Wireless

The National Post runs competing op-eds from Globalive and Telus on Canadian wireless. Globalive's CEO asks "What’s contributing to Canada’s falling wireless rank? Canadians are being asked to pay more to get less."  Telus' Michael Hennessy focuses on the last spectrum auction, saying it "resulted in an overpayment of approximately […]

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July 23, 2009 5 comments News

Victoria Times-Colonist: “Web Users Deserve Honesty”

The Victoria Times-Colonist features a masthead editorial that begins "if Canada's Internet providers want to keep federal regulators from tightening the rules on their lucrative industry, they could start by being honest with their customers about the quality of their service."

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July 23, 2009 Comments are Disabled News

Calgary Copyright Roundtable Participants

Sources advise that the following groups attended yesterday's copyright consultation roundtable: Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Library Association, Canadian Association of Broadcasters, Shaw, Retail Council of Canada, Canadian Publishers Council, Digital Alberta, University of Calgary Student's Union.  The audio of the roundtable should be posted later this week.

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July 22, 2009 Comments are Disabled News

Tracking the Copyright Consultation Online Discussion Forum

While the government has yet to post submissions to the copyright consultation, the online discussion forum has been active.  University of Ottawa law student Frances Munn will be tracking the discussion and providing regular updates.  Her first report, current to the morning of July 22nd and grouped into the five questions, is posted below (note that the number of responses is cumulative).

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July 22, 2009 3 comments News

Copyright Consultation Coverage: Submissions, Media, Letters

Submissions to the copyright consultation are beginning to pop-up.  I posted my short answer earlier today and there are additional online postings here, here, and here as well as a sample letter from the Canadian Coalition for Electronic Rights.  Meanwhile, there is media coverage from Torontoist, Sun Media, and the […]

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July 22, 2009 2 comments News